The Solo

New Punks at the Dinghy Show? Where did that come from?

Well one minute I'm wanting an easier strong wind boat, and I thought Solo, then I witness this travesty and there's one for sale someone suggested I try, so you kind of get sucked in, then luckily I hear rumours of new Punks at the dinghy show and there's that RS to also check out so I shall not be committing to anything, but maybe I should sit in one and give it a try, will I suddenly become like the man drinking from the wrong grail cup and age rapidly then die?

As for the Solo, there are better light wind boats, but they tend to be rather specialist and lose out more when the wind does pick up. The Solo does seem like a good all rounder. Rocker and a slim transom at the waterline will always affect top speed, but make a boat less sticky in the lighter stuff. Old fashioned balanced design, not just aiming at strong wind blasting.

That said, the one I owned was horrible, heavy and bendy. I did borrow a lovely wooden one once, and the difference in speed was astonishing. It wasn't that new, either, just well looked after, so a new epoxy one, light and stiff with a well cut sail must be lovely to sail. Rather have a Lightning, though - the Solo class do seem to take themselves pretty seriously...

Originally posted by iGRF So, now, what you need to do is swap that Lavendar Solo for my V Twin, put a f**k off big rig on it and see what it can do on Datchet.

Safety cover is not the quickest, more self reliance so you might want to be more selective

 god, hell has frozen over!

 i agree igrf!